Seattle Center offers diverse entertainment, if you’re willing to pony up for the parking. I found myself trying to find a stall under the shadow of the Space Needle twice last month, holding tickets for…
After enjoying Hot Fuzz for a Friday morning matinee, my wife and I ran to the store to pick up some Danish for a party the next day. We managed to get from the multiplex to…
CRACKING THE SECRET OF MOVIES AND NARRATIVE There’s something that makes me laugh harder than watching Will Ferrell and Jon Heder ice skate, a ridiculous line that I hope isn’t spoken while I’m drinking, lest…
“I wanted to believe, more than most I wanted to be like a child again.” – Cleveland Heep Cleveland Heep discovers that beyond the veil of his mundane and humdrum life is a world of…
My wife loves lists. Not just any lists, mind you, but particularly ones that boast the “Top” something or other; the “Top 10 Deadliest Animals” on Animal Planet, the “Top 25 videos that defined the…
It was a joy and pleasure to discuss the deep spiritual implications of Talledega Nights: The Ballard of Ricky Bobby last month in North Seattle. Yes, I’m serious. This movie helps illustrate why we laugh…
Hollywood has recently green-lit a film based on chain-mail wearing, flag-wrapped, World War II super-soldier Steve Rogers, who many folks know as Marvel comics’ literally flagship character Captain America. His fictional former friend, Iron Man,…
Premonition Director: Mennan Yapo Cast: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon TriStar Pictures, 2007 Rated: PG-13 According to Webster’s Dictionary, a premonition is “previous notice or advance warning”. If only Sandra Bullock had received such notice before…
In 480 B.C., Leonidas and his 300 Spartans sacrificed themselves to buy time for the Greeks as an army of Persians beyond count sought to conquer the lands. Over time, the story has become legend;…
In my last post, I dropped Cinemagogue’s Top 10 film of 2006, many of which toy with great themes of narrative, philosophy and spirituality. I also promised that I’d cover some honorable mentions for 2006,…
It’s March, it’s Seattle, and it’s snowing. it’s like the winter weather doesn’t want to admit that its season is over. Neither did the Academy this year, as they trotted out their tired old Oscars…
“Wow… I’d hate to have to follow THAT!” After a presumably moving moment of the 79th Annual Academy Awards, host Ellen Degeneres dropped that line, playing oblivious to the fact that she indeed WAS following…